Actually, I'm 90% sure that John is correct in that the munging and validation hooks run on the server.
Corey, you can snag the learning type/provider that I pushed into the forge and it should print everything to the logs appropriately. https://forge.puppetlabs.com/onyxpoint/learning_custom_types I haven't tested it in Puppet 4 yet, but it should work. Thanks, Trevor On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 11:29 AM, Felix Frank < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On 12/14/2015 04:12 PM, John Bollinger wrote: > > So if I wanted to run some validation in the type code, where does > > that get run? node or master? > > > > > > > > Validation and munging hooks for property and parameter values > > definitely run on the master. If you try to specify an invalid value > > then catalog building will fail. I don't recall whether they run again > > on the node. > > Nope. All the compiler does is make sure that all attributes you specify > are available for the resource type in question. > > All hooks are invoked by the agent. Yes, the whole catalog will fail > before any resource is checked or synced, but that's because validation > etc. is run at the very start of the agent transaction. > > > The reason why I am asking because not only do I want to validate > > that the user specified a absolute path, but also verify the file > > exists. But this would only work if the File.exists? method in the > > validate block for the type code is executed on the node. > > > > > > > > This is not a job for a validation hook, but your provider can perform > > such a test at whatever point is appropriate, and fail the resource if > > need be. Since it is conceivable that the file of interest might itself > > be managed by Puppet, this also seems like a textbook case for an > > autorequire > > < > https://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/custom_types.html#automatic-relationships > > > > -- /that/ would appear in the type, not the provider. > > Agreed! Validation should be a function that yields the same result for > the same input in any circumstance. > > Cheers, > Felix > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-dev/566EEE5F.8040009%40alumni.tu-berlin.de > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Trevor Vaughan Vice President, Onyx Point, Inc (410) 541-6699 -- This account not approved for unencrypted proprietary information -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-dev/CANs%2BFoUwUbFpM58-q0iT4mRkcH1qBrK7uhombxcpHw4XFUgLkA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
